Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl2-CR74
Hepatitis E virus infection after kidney transplantation
Adrijan Tiku
; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Terzić
; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Karlo Tkalec
; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Željka Jureković
; Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Merkur
Anna Mrzljak
; Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Abstract
HEV usually presents as acute self-limiting hepatitis. However, in immunocompromised populations it may lead to chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. We present a case of an HEV infection in a kidney transplant recipient.
Keywords
hepatitis E virus, immunodeficiency, kidney transplantation
Hrčak ID:
279847
URI
Publication date:
27.4.2022.
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